School Timetabler & Personnel Planner at Ntare Louisenlund School

School Timetabler & Personnel Planner
Ntare Louisenlund School | Post type: Jobs April 2, 2024 - Deadline 01/05/2024 | NumberOfPosition [1]

Ntare Louisenlund School Overview

Ntare Louisenlund School is seeking a reliable and efficient School Secretary to join our school. The School Secretary will play a vital role in providing administrative support to the school administration, staff, students, and parents. Can you imagine helpings to design the school of the future by promoting personalized learning, student agency, and twenty-first century skills? If so, please consider applying. We’re looking to fill the following position for the School (international curriculum) starting on 1st August 2024.

Challenge and responsibilities:

The School Timetabler and Personnel Planner is responsible for the operational management of Ntare Louisenlund’s timetabling function, including the management and utilization of the timetable software, personnel planning for educational staff, and room planning. Accordingly, the School Timetabler will ensure the timely and accurate design of the school timetable, identifying improvement opportunities and implementing dynamic solutions to existing issues. This role requires excellent organizational ability in all aspects of operational planning and timetable production.

Your main tasks and responsibilities:

To design, deliver and maintain the School’s timetable.
To collect and analyze timetable data.
Personnel planning for educational staff in collaboration with the Middle School and High School Principals.
To maintain and adapt the School’s timetable to adjust to internal and external requirements and pressures if and when required.
To anticipate and work to prevent timetable-related problems that could have serious consequences.
To identify and resolve difficulties in relation to student and/or staff timetables.
To ensure timetable data, including classes and resources, are accurate, complete and available to all interested parties.
To continuously consider enhancement opportunities in relation to ISP’s timetabling.
To plan the allocation of classrooms, sports facilities, and other learning spaces to avoid room conflicts.

Your profile:

Bachelor’s degree and substantial experience in similar or related roles
Demonstrable experience in timetabling/scheduling in an educational (or comparable) institution
Experience in delivering timetables using timetabling software. The ability to adapt to the school’s chosen timetable software
The ability to maintain accurate and up-to-date data
An innovative and creative approach to problem solving
The ability to work with a high level of accuracy
The ability to take a solution-focused approach at all times
The ability to work on their own initiative, prioritizing and managing time effectively
The ability to work methodically
The ability to analyse and present data in an accurate and informative manner
The ability to work positively, imaginatively and proactively to meet challenges and achieve results.

We offer:

A fully equipped school campus with excellent facilities in a beautiful natural setting in Bugesera.
A timetabling software and training in its use.
An exceptional professional development programme with opportunities for ongoing learning.
Small learning groups.
An extensive and diverse co-curricular programme and the possibility of taking part in or offering co-curricular experiences for students.
Collaboration with an experienced, internationally recognized school in Germany, including cooperating with that school’s timetabler.
Various partnerships with external educational partners.
A committed, dedicated, and team-oriented staff.
An attractive compensation package based on your level of experience. All staff salaries are paid in RWF.

Can you imagine working to help us design the school of the future? Then you should apply by 1st May 2024 to careers@ntare-louisenlund.rw and share an updated CV, motivation letter and electronic certified copies of degrees and relevant certificates. CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please indicate in the subject line while applying as “School Timetabler & Personnel Planner”. The start date of 1st June 2024 is flexible.